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THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

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PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, A. M.

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VOL. XXIV.

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Tentanda via est; quâ me quoque possim Tollere bumo, victorque virûm volitare per ora.

VIRGO

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.